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ho ho ho ho! santa is spreading holiday cheer at a san francisco landmark where firefighters are making a final push for needy children. >> union square is where terry mcsweeney joins us live. >> it doesn't get any easier than this to be merry this christmastime as all you've gotta do is buy a new unwrapped toy. that's all you have to do. you have to call the cab to pick them up. they'll bring it down. firefighters will bring it out and take care of 40,000 children. and they still need a lot of toys. >> ho ho ho ho ho! >> you know the story of this guy but you may not know the story of santa's helpers. >> one more. >> that man lifting the toy out of the barrel is nick, owner of lefty o'doyl's. he's so lost in the christmas spirit, he's giving away his presents. >> the first year i saw the look on the kids' faces. my kids are coming down and bringing some of their toys. my wife, i told her no presents this year. i'm going to donate the money to the firefighters' program. >> the same santa john who

ho ho ho ho! santa is spreading holiday cheeat a san francisco landmark where firefighters are making a final push for needy children. >> union square is where terry mcsweeney joins us live. >> it doesn't get any easier than this to be merry this christmastime as all you've gotta do is buy a new unwrapped toy. that's all you have to do. you have to call the ca to pick them up. they'll bring it down. firefighters will bring it out and take care of 40,000 children. and they still need a lot of toys. >> ho ho ho ho ho! >> you know the sty of this guy but you may not know the story of santa's helpers. >> one more. >> that man lifting the toy out of the barrel is nick, owner of lefty o'doyl's. he's so lost in the christmas spirit, he's giving away his presents. >> the first year i saw the look on the kids' faces. my kids are coming down and bringing some of their toys. my wife, i to her no presents this year. i'm going to donate the money to the firefighters' program. >> the same santa john who was con

. >> ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho! will be here until mid-day on the 24th and he has his other gig to do. if you want to drop by a toy, drop by and they'll run out and pick it up or give lefty's a call. cabs are picking them up throughout the city. and, yes, i was sitting on santa's lap. >> and coming up next at 5:30, at least nine people have been shot in oakland in two separate shootings. one incident also delayed bart service last night and details on this weekend's apparent [ female announcer ] ever worn your clothes in the shower? if you're using other moisturizing body washes, you might as well be. you see, their moisturizer sits on top of skin, almost as if you're wearing it. only dove deep moisture has nutriummoisture™ a breakthrough formula with natural moisturizers that can nourish deep down. it's the most effective natural nourishment ever. dove deep moisture with nutriummoisture™. superior natural nourishment for your skin. with the kfc festive feast. give yourself the gift of time twelve pieces of the colo

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cheer ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts glow brightly clear ♪ ♪ the colored lights will shine sincere, ho, ho, ho ♪ ♪ ho, ho, ♪ >>> new developments in the wikileaks story tonight. the organization itself is undergoing an internal split and russian leader says the group deserve as nobel prize and wikileaks supporters may be gearing up for a new cyber attack. >> program called low orbit may be the newest weapon. according to the security site imperva hackers downloaded the program 40,000 times. it can be used to link computers into denial of service attacks. a growing number of online activists united. >> because wikileaks made us all hackers of the world. >> reporter: within wikileaks disunity is growing. a splinter group says it will begin operations on monday. its leaders say wikileaks founder julian assange has made too many decisions without consulting others. and at the pentagon, belated action to stop leaks. a new control order obtained by the danger room website, orders personnel the suspend data transfer activities on removable media. it was launched in 1991 is now used by a half a million peopl

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ho, ho, ho. ho, ho, ho. ho, ho, ho? [ laughter ] ho, ho, ho? that's the first word, ho? hild. oh, child. ho, ho santa. ho, santa. oh, santa. santa, ho. santa ho? one word, first word. ho, santa. [ laughter ] second word, baby. santa baby. [ ding ding ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: ho, santa, was not it. >> ben: i don't know. >> all right, sit down. >> okay. >> like, i'm not even going to ask you for this thing. >> jimmy: do you want -- jerry go and do one? >> ben: yeah, do you want to try one? >> oh, do you want to do one? >> hey, why not? come on. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he'll be good, he'll be good at it. >> be gentle, he does not know the game. >> all right. >> jimmy: okay, okay. >> not that any of us do. we're all having fun, but i don't think anyone else is. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what are you talking about? >> i don't know. i ramble. >> jimmy: they're loving -- they love -- oh my gosh. >> i just ramble. go ahead, honey. >> okay now, i have to ask you for a number. [ audience yells ] i got that. it's jimmy bonga bunga. all right -- all right, how abo

cheer ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts glow brightly clear ♪ ♪ the colored lights will shine sincere, ho, ho, ho ♪ ♪ hoo keep those jackets handy, you want the umbrellas, too. >> kind of a mixed bag the next couple days. right now the system is off to the north. that will have temperatures dropping into the mid-30s here into san rafael, also livermore, walnut creek, pleasanton, san jose as well. as we head into tomorrow, hanukkah beginning. we'll look at the chance of showers here in the extreme north bay. scattered showers, low 60s. a chance of showers there into thursday as well, and then as we're heading into friday, that's our best chance of some measurable rainfall right now. >> okay. thank you, jeff. pack everything in your car. glov, 30haests, coat, umbrella. you're going to need it all. [ knocking ]

, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ♪ >>> good evening.ed sharks. they've been on the road most of the month. they'll be home for the holidays next week. still business to be done against the blues tonight in st. louis. not just a fight, but an undressing of b.j. so guess who is leading the team in goals? the rookiee. logan be two tonight. the first on the power play past the monster. that's 17 total. we're going to call him juicy. the sharks stringing together two straight wins while beating the blues 4-1. two former warriors both drafted by golden state in 2001. soon to be reunited in orlando. they were sent to the magic. as for the modern day bar yors, mean, mean stride. and a cool ending in portland. the warriors start chipping away at the blazer's advantage. a game high 26 points. this cuts it to single digits it got down to a one-point lead with less than a second left. 96 to 95, the blazers take it. winning the division one state championship. by ren know vated. i mean swept the peanut shells off the floor. tonight the open division

cheer ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts glow brightly clear ♪ ♪ the colored lights will shine sincere, ho, ho, ho ♪ ♪ hoho, ho, ♪ . >>> all right stanford football mojo across the street to the vikings. david verses goliath uphill test tonight. state division one championship up for grabs. southern california. michael ubank snap goes to the end zone. they lead 2-0. they came in scoring 50 points a game. it was all palo alto in the first. 80 yards, williams in the great catch. cut back to the far side. 15-0, at the half. now it's 15-13. last chance for centennial. no, for the first time ever, palo alto, state champion. 15-13. unbeaten season. just two weeks ago the volleyball team won the state title but tonight it was all football. number one. >> this sun believable for us but i have to say anything can happen on any given day with the rain like this. the defense, i have to give it to them. they did everything. they stopped one of the best offenses in the country. >> yeah. they came in highley ranked and -- just shut them down at the finish. >>> if blunders last night, in san diego. stopped on 4th and g

cheer ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts glow brightly clear ♪ ♪ the colored lights will shine sincere, ho, ho, ho ♪ ♪ ho, ♪ i want a robosan 4000. [ mom ] the one no one could get. toy stores are reporting long lines and empty shelves. a robosan 4000. [ mom ] and i mean no one. so i did most of my holiday shopping on citi specials. with the money i saved, i bid online -and got exactly what he wanted. -a robosan 4000! [ television ] introducing the new robosan 5000. [ mom ] at least for now. [ male announcer ] make your happy holiday stories come true with citi specials. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >> it has been an emotional night. one filled with hucks and tears and also lots of laughs because after a very long time almost 12 years here, lisa is going to be leaving us. i've worked with you three years. what i'll remember the most is -- >> we have shared a lot of news stories. >> and recipes. >> and crafts and the glue gun. it is unusual you get to work with another working woman who has children the same age. >> i have my own family at home. i consider everyone here a part of my fami

cheer ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts glow brightly clear ♪ ♪ the colored lights will shine sincere, ho, ho, ho ♪ ♪ hoho, ho, ♪ >>> police are looking for a suspected robert that aimed a gun at police officers in prince george's county. officers were called to the area for a robbery suspect. he pulled out a gun and pointed it at the officers. the gunman did get away. some crimes are easier to catch especially if the suspects don't cover their tracks. a man who broke into this man's home in northwest and sold two computers and some cash -- and he then posted a picture of himself on the facebook page of fisher's son whose computer he had stolen. >> then he saw on his facebook page the flow the that the burglar pasted -- posted on his page -- the photo he had posted on the page. >> fisher took matters into his own hands and wrote about the burglary and printed the photograph in today's "washington post." police will not say if they are any closer to making an arrest. >>> the widow of mark madoff is speaking out tonight. she is devastated and once privacy for herself and her children. mark madoff is the s

ho ho ho. >> reporter: but santa john is still laughing. there is now a facebook page to get him rehired and 900 comments on sf gates. i met him 10 years ago when he taught me how to be a santa in the bay area santa community, he is known as one of the real pros. >> if you come forward we'll give you a job double what you used to make and have a chair higher than you used to make. >> the owner of lefty o'douls wants him to work his annual toy drive with city firefighters and thinks having a celebrity santa would be great. he is a celebrity. >> tv stations, radio stations, print media all want a piece of santa now. >> reporter: getting fired could be the best career move this santa ever made. in san francisco, mike sugerman, cbs5. hoho ho. >> it turns out santa john will work this holiday season, we're told he did accept that job at lefty oh duels leaf lefty o' towels. >>> 69 degrees in gilroy. did you see the sunset? officially at 4:50 as we take a peek out towards the eastern portion of our bay area. now those clouds are all o technician leading edge of some rain showers. i'll move out of the way so you can see a little hint of the rain moving towards the northern portion of sonoma county t rain is falling around the northwestern section of the state of california by passing eureka and moving right into redding. bottom line is out the door tomorrow morning, you will need that umbrella with the rain, beginning in the north bay. gradually sliding towards the central bay and ending up towards the santa clara valley before lunchtime. there you have it. it's all associated with a really big area of low pressure. it's really beautiful. this right there, that's the frontal boundary, it wraps around back here. this is k

cheer ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts glow brightly clear ♪ ♪ the colored lights will shine sincere, ho, ho, ho ♪ ♪ ho, ho, ♪ optimism was high following last weeks blow out victory at park >>> 49ers need a win. optimism was high after last week's blowout victory at candle stick park. but san fransisco was blown off the field. san diego's first series, goes up to jackson. wrestles away from clemens. 58-yard touchdown. the niners had a chance to tie the game on 4th down. by dixon stopped behind the line. so instead of a 7-7 game, it remained 7-0. before half-time, jackson for his second of three touchdowns on the night. 34-7 is the final. the niners are 5-9. they can be eliminated from playoff contention if the rams and seahawks win sunday. >>> in a trade with the nationals. former first round pick had 102 home runs in the last five seasons. hoping to keep that going this year. oakland sent a pitcher and a prospect to the nationals. >>> boils. and the sharks win 5-3. stanford lost tonight. stanford loses. going for 800th win. cal volleyball advances in the national finals. >> sharks needed that after l

cheer ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts glow brightly clear ♪ ♪ the colored lights will shine sincere, ho, ho, ho ♪ ♪ ho, ho, ♪ thing when you have to face labron an the miami heat.. who by the way were riding a 6 game the warriors came into tonight with a five-game losing streak. lebron and the heat making their only trip to the bay area. they gave the fans their money's worth. the warriors kept it close in the first half. take a look at this -- thank you. that was pretty. and he led by three and a half. then they ran way with it in the third. lebron says i'm throwing it down. that's exactly what he did. 25 for lebron. miami wins the game. sorry. >>> somebody break up the knicks, would you. they won seven games in a row for the first time in 10 years. congratulations to nuggets head coach who became the 7th coach in nba history to win 700 games. he missed most of last season as he battled throat cancer. >>> 17-year-old from sweden picked up the puck with the blade of the stick and flipped it into the net. great play. had to show it. he's behind the net, no other way to get it in. >> wow! >> see you at

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cheer ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts glow brightly clear ♪ ♪ the colored lights will shine sincere, ho, ho, ho ♪ ♪ ho, ho, ♪ sto stomp. >>> well, the grinch is busy in the east bay. police are looking for a thief who stole everything from a street suddenly struggling to keep a 60-year-old tradition alive. cheryl heard is in alameda with the story for us tonight, and i guess we shouldn't be surprised by these kinds of stories anymo anymore, cheryl. >> reporter: we shouldn't be surprised, but it's a shame, tom. we are live in the 1700 block of thompson avenue better known as christmas tree lane. someone is trying to take the spirit out of a very old tradition. >> alameda in the street has been doing this for decades. you know, it's just another thing that kind of put it in the ground. >> reporter: chris olson has lived on thompson avenue in alameda for most of his life. lighting up his home is a family tradition. >> we do this for the community, and to have someone come and take it from us, it's kind of a shame. >> reporter: a shame that thieves ripped off dozens of items from four homes between late f

, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ♪ that smells scrumptious.elightful. awesome! i'm not smelling anything. [ female announcer ] everything for holiday baking. just add love. safeway. ingredients for life. your neighbor with the cell phone camera. the eyes on >>> well you are being watched constantly. and not just at the bank or by your nosy neighbors, the eyes on you are coming from the state of california. in many cases nancy this concord wants to know how many traffic cameras does caltrans have and who operates them. tonight's good question. seems like everybody has a camera out there these days, more and more of our private lives are being recorded and downloaded by somebody. you're not even safe in your car any more or maybe you're safer. caltrans is now operating over a thousand cameras around the state. 300 of 'em right in the bay area. >> this tells us right away what the problem is, where it is and how bad sit. >> bob hawes says when a 911 call comes in it is often relayed to the caltrans center where operators can get a firsthand look

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. >> ho-ho-ho. ho-ho. >> merry christmas. >> alan: santa arrived on a fire truck to celebrate christmas. he gave out toys and clothing to 200 kids living in shelters in the east bay. part of the eighth annual lend a hand holiday sell operation. the organization says the need has doubled since last year. they will have another party next saturday. good job, santa. that's it for abc-7

ho-ho-ho, ho-ho-ho, merry christmas. >> alan: at the arrived on a fire truck to celebrate christmas, and gave out toys and clothing to 200 kids who live in shelters. part of the eight eighth annual lend a hand celebration. >> the total is 300. we're getting calls, forming a list we can also hand out toys after the event is over. >> alan: lend a hand has helped more than 4,000 families in its programs, and there's another party next saturday for kids from three other shelters. so, thank you, santa. leigh glaser up and we're experiencing fog all over the place. >> leigh: kind of burn off in some locations. this is from our high definition east bay cam. that is emeryville. you can see pockets of dense fog out there. in fact i just updated our visibility map and that fog and this visibility starting to go down. a half mile visible in napa. novato, two miles. two and a half miles in concord. livermore has improved. the fog has moved over to concord. they're at ten miles. half moon bay, the coastalling too very dense at three-mile visibility. temperatures right now generally in the mid-50s

ho ho ho. >> it turns out santa john will work this holiday season, we're told he did accept that job at lefty oh duels leaf lefty o' towels. >>> 69 degrees in gilroy. did you see the sunset? officially at 4:50 as we take a peek out towards the eastern portion of our bay area. now those clouds are all o technician leading edge of some rain showers. i'll move out of the way so you can see a little hint of the rain moving towards the northern portion of sonoma county t rain is falling around the northwestern section of the state of california by passing eureka and moving right into redding. bottom line is out the door tomorrow morning, you will need that umbrella with the rain, beginning in the north bay. gradually sliding towards the central bay and ending up towards the santa clara valley before lunchtime. there you have it. it's all associated with a really big area of low pressure. it's really beautiful. this right there, that's the frontal boundary, it wraps around back here. this is kind of like the heart, the meat of the storm, the core. that is what is going to push through

of santa now. >> reporter: getting fired could be the best career move this santa ever made. >> ho ho hoeporter: so i went up to the new santa which is in the 7th floor up there and i wanted to look down and as you look down all you see are it trucks from all the local stations and some national stations and i'm thinking the pr people at macy's, this has to be the biggest nightmare they have ever had. and i only wish they would tell us their side of the story because it looks so bad for them and they -- we didn't know what really is going on, on their thinking. >> i'm thinking the ceo of macy's just jumped to the top of the naughty list. >> well, if he jumped we would all have cameras here covering it. >> you would. maybe coal in the stocking. mike sugerman, thanks. a lot of elves helping santa today. >>> today also marks a tragic day in history. 69 years ago, december 7th, 1941, hundreds of japanese warplanes attacked pearl harbor. the following day congress declared war against japan. and right now, here in the bay area, veterans and bay area schoolchildren are gathered for a commemora

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ho, ho, ho! merry christmas! yes! ho, ho, ho! >> wow, thanks a lot, santa. years to beat that guy. for real. it is great to have all of these wonderful and beautiful people here at president's park. christmas is a time that we can celebrate love, joy, peace and happiness. this is a time for togetherness, no matter what. we know that we can be here together to share the love and spread love to each other. how are you all feeling tonight? [cheers] i said how are you all feeling tonight? [cheers] it is a wonderful time. yes. it may be cold, but we all have sold. we're just on a roll, right here, everything is evident. because we came here to celebrate with the president. understand, common-sense, when we are here, there is peace, no drama. just think, we get to sit and celebrate with all of the obamas. right now, we are fresh, feeling it on tv, and even though it is cold, we are still in -- we are still cool in the d.c., washington. i will light it up like he did the christmas tree. and for everybody here, you know, this is how i come. the brother, common sense

. >> ho ho ho ho ho! ho ho ho ho! >> merry christmas! >> merry christmas! >> i think that face just said merry christmas. wow! that really says the whole thing. santa arrived in a fire truck yesterday afternoon for an early christmas celebration. he gave out toys and clothing to 200 children living in east bay shelters. it's part of the 8th annual lend a hand celebration. >> the need has doubled since last year. last year we did about 200. this year our total is around 300. we're getting calls, forming a list so we can hand out toys after the event. >> lend a hand started more than 13 years ago and since then it has helped more than 4,000 families through its community programs. there will be a party next saturday for kids from three other shelters. everyone is a little nervous object the first day of a new job. santa claus is no exception. the santa fired by the union square macy's this week is back making the holidays bright. >> merry christmas! >> a hero's welcome for john toomey, the fired santa in his new pre-christmas home at lefty's. >> all ages greet

, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ♪ 6:54 a.m.ot you can see clouds but there is blew their and a patch of sun shine in the distance. the temperature of 40 up in marin county just north of the shot in san rosa 40 degrees at the center rosa, a high of 57 coming later this afternoon. i want in my county straight. the 7 day around the bay forecast there is a line to where the rain moves and and then it sticks with that that line is friday. today to more dry friday rolls and steady but light, heavy and windy saturday, sunday. >> watching wall street it was pointed to a negative opening after that mirror concern they will be downgrading spain's credit rating but stocks are mixed dow jones up 14 nasdaq up one-and-a-half, s&p down a fraction. >> san francisco's city hall it will be there in the south court from 1 until 3. the giants say they will make an announcement about the trophy prior to going on display today. we are guessing they will tell us where it's going to torture. you said it was going sonoma sold this is cool everybody get

, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ♪ no.ic on the right hand side with the taillights moving smoothly as to make your way past 87 interchange 45 degrees for a chilly start said was a fairly nice day with sunshine 62 n and 65 early afternoon high and back down to 50 as the weekly chance of rain tonight. >> the government will check more than 1 billion a new $100 bills because of production problems that have left on wanted to creases in many of the bills. the government says it stranded determine how much of the currency will have to be destroyed because of what you see. actually that's a good one here. most of the new bills should pass expand inspection the currency was scheduled to go into circulation in february so they are not on cavan new date set until the problems can be resolved. >> new concerns about the number please officers in oakland. two weeks the two years ago it was an all-time high but since then they lost 83 officers because of the budget deficit. right now the police department has 669 swat officers includi

, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ♪ >> a spike in crime in one d.c. neighbors on alert and some ceiling up their mail slots. >> let's go to southeast washington for the details. >> i'm in ward 8, martin luther king avenue where churches, schools and businesses have been burgled to the point where some are afraid to go to work and businesses are afraid to show up afraid of what they will find when they show up. >> a former public housing residents is so afraid she doesn't want to be seen and hopes she's not next. >> i have seen myself in broad daylight. just running again, taking what they want and running out. >> officers rushed to a house today trying to prevent a burglary that turned out to be a door blown open by the wind. >> we were burglarized three times in seven days. >> a charter school was hit. >> 5 computers, a video camera, these were items bought with a grant. >> a nonprofit job-training program. the wall is bare, where a flat screen tv once hon. -- a tv once hung. >> they go get flat screens and electronic devices and jewelry and sell it.

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, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ♪ >>> 5:45 is your time now. stories we're following this morning. i agents arrested a northern virginia man teatening to bottom the metro system. awais younis posted on facebook that he cod use a pipe bomb to kill pple on the transit system and in georgetown >> nightclub dc-9 is expect to reopen tonight. their liquor license was suspended when a man died outside dc-9 in october. the suspension of the club's liquor license ends today. >>> today the senate is expecte to vote on the tax cut compromise. it would extend bush-era tax cuts for two years, extend unemployment befits and cut social security tax. > a routine school board meeting down in florida turned into a tear taking scene after a man apparently angry that his wife had been fired began shooting at board members. it was caught by whg. it could be very disturbing to some. >> reporter: witnesses say a man identified at clay duke talked briefly with school board members about his wife's firing. >> we have no idea who you are talking about. >> she was fired.

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, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ♪ >> 6:25 and we are off to a chilly start.ess than a week away. 20s and 30s in spots. patchy fog as well. rain not an issue right now. you can see along the coast off of the west of monterey, we are starring to see light rain showers and more of these clouds approaching the coast in the afternoon. this is a moisture-rich environment and whenever you get moisture into the coastal mountain. we call it the lift that takes the moisture and drops it in the form of heavy rain. we could see two to five inches between now and sunday morning out on the coast as we move into the weekend. increasing clouds and cool temperatures. 40s around lake port. ice fog if you are traveling into the high country that prepare for wind and heavy rain at times off and on through the weekend. >> check out what they have got going on in australia. powerful storms moving through and it brought deadly lightning and a lot of hail. one man was killed while he was golfing and two others injured. they big hail and enough rain to cause local flooding. back in t

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. >> ho ho ho ho ho ho ho!> this home video shows a festive band of chris crinkles taking a spirited ride down one of the escalators at the westfield shopping center on market street. the flash mob event took place in dozens of cities all over the world yesterday. organizers called it santa con2010. the santas stopped at several bars as they made their way through shopping areas like union square. hope the kiddies didn't see that. make them a little skeptical there. what's going on. here's lisa with a final look. >> looking outside saying what's going on because it's clear. look at that, rain on the way. steady rain late this afternoon with the wind picking up along the coast. highs around 60. and then it should be over by tomorrow, a break on tuesday. >> all right. that's gonna do it for us. i'm carolyn tyler along with i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all day. ok, this is from... aunt stacey. introduci

ho-ho, ho-ho-ho. >> this home video thes a festive band of santa claus impersonators taking a spirited ride down the ex-escalate -- escalator. organizers were calling it santa-con 2010. the santas stopped as several bars as their made their way through shopping areas like union square. >> carolers greeted diners and shoppers at union street festival of lights. stores up and down the street are dressed for the holiday and the shoppers were dressed for the chilly air. >>> leigh glaser is her. >> leigh: hopefully those things are nailed down because the wind is going to pick up. the live doppler 7hd picking up a few showers rotating in across the bay area. we had a pretty good downpour in the area, and light rain from morgan hill, down towards watsonville, and santa cruz as well. you can see this little batch of rain moving from south to north. so so even san jose will be mild. temperatures right now, 55. 54 for concord. we'll continue with showers overnight. the rain will increase by tomorrow afternoon. behind the system. the wind will pick up. mainly the coastal areas. and looks like th